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81. FDA Requires Lower Dosage for Popular Sleep Drugs
    
    Jan. 10, 2013 -- The FDA is requiring manufacturers of certain popular sleep medications such as Ambien and Zolpimist to cut current recommended doses in half for women. The agency says blood levels of the drugs could still be high enough the following morning to affect activities that require alert
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82. How Do Sleeping Pills Really Work?
    
    Dec. 20, 2012 -- The most widely prescribed sleeping pills do help people get to sleep, but maybe not only because of the medicine, a new study suggests. When researchers combined studies of some of the newer prescription sleep drugs, they concluded that the drugs owe about half their benefits to a
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83. New Sleeping Pill May Help Insomnia
    
    Nov. 28, 2012 -- Merck's experimental sleep drug suvorexant helps insomniacs fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer, early data suggest. Later studies reported at a sleep conference last June confirmed the findings, says W. Joseph Herring, MD, PhD, Merck's executive director for clinical neurosci
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84. Testosterone Drops in Dads Sharing Beds With Kids
    
    Sept. 5, 2012 -- Dads who sleep in the same bed as their children may see a drop in their testosterone levels, a study shows. "This is the first study that's ever been done on this," says researcher Lee Gettler, PhD, an assistant research professor at Notre Dame. "No one before had ever asked the qu
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85. Can't Sleep? It Could Be Your iPad
    
    Aug. 31, 2012 -- Is setting down your iPad the last thing you do before bed? New research shows that all of those nighttime hours spent with your tablet can wreak havoc on your sleep. The bright light emitted from these tablets can suppress melatonin. That's a hormone that helps control sleep and wa
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86. Get This Much Sleep for a Sharp Memory
    
    July 16, 2012 -- Getting a recommended seven hours of sleep a night may help women keep their memory sharp, suggests a new analysis of data from the Nurses' Health Study. The study found that women who slept five hours or less on average per day had lower scores on standard memory tests than those w
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87. New Sleep Drug Works in Early Studies
    
    June 13, 2012 -- A new sleeping pill under study helps insomniacs fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer, according to new research. The medicine, called suvorexant, is not available -- it has not yet been submitted to the FDA. Suvorexant works differently than other sleeping pills, says research
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88. Obesity, Depression Linked to Daytime Sleepiness
    
    June 13, 2012 -- Being obese or depressed may make you more likely to be sleepy during the day, new research shows. About 20% of American adults have excessive daytime sleepiness, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Although poor sleep is often blamed for excessive daytime sleepiness, ''we f
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89. Fear of the Dark May Trigger Insomnia
    
    June 11, 2012 -- Insomnia in some adults may be driven by a fear of the dark, Canadian researchers say. In their small study of 93 college men and women, Ryerson University researchers found more poor sleepers than good sleepers confessed a fear of the dark. "I think the most surprising part of the
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90. Sleep Apnea: Treatment May Help Keep BP Low
    
    May 22, 2012 -- People with obstructive sleep apnea have an increased risk for high blood pressure and heart disease, and now two new studies suggest that treating the disorder may lower this risk. In one study, patients with obstructive sleep apnea who slept with continuous positive airway pressure
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